Ananta has not yet launched globally. This page reflects details from official posts, developer interviews, hands-on previews, and the January 2026 Closed Beta Test (CBT1). Bansy was introduced during the Project Mugen era of development. Her bio was removed from the official Ananta website around September 2025, so her inclusion in the final launch roster is not yet confirmed.
Bansy is a pink-haired street artist and one of the A.C.D. characters. She has a street-punk aesthetic and wields a gun that fires lasers with colorful paint splashes. Her attacks are messy and colorful, which fits the game's urban art style. Press descriptions summarize her personality as "as destructive as she is creative."
Overview
Bansy is the closest the revealed Ananta cast comes to a straight-up graffiti-punk archetype. Her personal identity is wrapped around making art in public spaces inside Nova Cityand her combat style lets her keep painting even while she is in a fight. That makes her a walking brand for the game's urban-sandbox hook, and explains why her design has appeared heavily in promotional key art and fan galleries since the Project Mugen announcement.
Like the rest of the main roster, she is an Espera person with supernatural abilities inside Ananta's setting. Whether her paint-based attacks are a product of her Esper power, a piece of custom gear she built herself, or both has not been explicitly clarified in public materials.
Combat
Bansy uses a paintball minigun as her signature weapon. It appears to shoot lasers, but every shot leaves behind a vivid paint splash wherever it lands. The visual effects of her attacks are chaotic and colorful, like splattered graffiti across the battlefield, and coverage from previews describes her as a "creative combat specialist."
That description fits Ananta's broader design of improvisational, sandbox-style fights. The base combat system leans on environmental weapons such as golf clubs and trash bins, encourages creative improvised tactics, and is built around 4-character parties that swap on the fly. A high-rate-of-fire paint weapon dovetails neatly with that design, letting Bansy lay down area pressure while the rest of the party closes the distance with melee.
Paint as Combat Signal
The paint-splash layer doubles as a visual identity marker: between fights, Bansy's trail of color is left on surfaces, hinting at a world-state system where her passage marks the city. This is consistent with the game's framing that every character leaves something behind in Nova City, whether that is Taffy's delivery routes, Richie's arrest records, or, for Bansy, literal paint. No verified gameplay footage has shown persistent paint marks lasting across missions, so the full scope of this mechanic is not yet confirmed.
Story and Relationships
Bansy's backstory, her job in the Identity Systemand the full extent of her abilities have not been detailed in official materials. She is aligned with the A.C.D. roster at least in early concept, and her "destructive as she is creative" framing fits a rebellious, questioning temperament that would clash productively with more rules-bound party members such as Richie and the Captain.
She is one of four Project Mugen era characters (with AlanMechanikaand Dila) whose dedicated bios were removed from the official site during its September 2025 redesign, so her final narrative arc remains open.
Appearance
Bansy's promotional art is built around a punk-streetwear silhouette. She has pink hair, typically styled into low twintails, with a small tag-friendly hat and a tied-off jacket look. Her outfit palette shifts around yellow and black accents, with fingerless gloves and loose shorts that let her move. This visual identity contrasts with Richie's sharper, uniformed policing look and sets her apart from Mechanika's cooler techno silhouette, making the three visually distinct on key art lineups.
Media Appearances
Event | Date | Notes |
|---|---|---|
Project Mugen character reveal | 2024 | Introduced as a street artist with a paintball minigun. |
Rebrand to Ananta | November 2024 | Project Mugen renamed to Ananta; Bansy retained on the early website. |
Site restructure | September 23, 2025 | Bansy's bio removed from the official Ananta site alongside Alan, Meg, and Dila. |
January 16-20, 2026 | Captain, Taffy, and Richie confirmed playable; Bansy not among them. |
Trivia
Bansy's name and punk-art aesthetic visibly echo real-world street artist Banksy, though NetEase has not commented on the reference in official materials.
Her weapon is one of the few that doubles as a visual-identity statement: paint splashes mark every fight, which is thematically consistent with a graffiti artist who leaves their tag wherever they go.
Bansy was heavily featured in early fan-facing key art and community channels during the Project Mugen era, which is why she retains strong name recognition even after the September 2025 site purge.
What We Don't Know Yet
Bansy's backstory, her job in the Identity System, whether her paint weapon has elemental variants or tied-in utility effects, and her final launch status remain unconfirmed. If she returns as a playable hero, she is a natural fit for either a ranged DPS slot or a crowd-control specialist who leans on paint coverage to zone enemies.